tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501712311386792025.post8427003161805852429..comments2023-09-26T18:38:28.343+09:00Comments on One Time One Meeting: Are Town People Cerebrating Good Harvest of Rice?snowwhitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04224433823476591538noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501712311386792025.post-51801741796998911102010-10-26T00:54:42.348+09:002010-10-26T00:54:42.348+09:00Stardust,
Thanks! Oh,I love MIkage Danjiri Festiv...Stardust,<br /><br />Thanks! Oh,I love MIkage Danjiri Festival and saw this Utube. http://www.woopie.jp/video/watch/033b672eb6dba956<br />The parades of the floats are just dynamic and masculine. Very interesting are elaborative wooden curvings which are likely to dipict local legends or imaginary animals.<br /><br />Yes, I saw the portable shrines procession from the 8th floor and the float near the station. They said, the second one、the float, was the festival for 八幡さま―Hachiman Shrine.<br />I saw them on October 10th in Nada Ward, Kobe.<br /><br />I was going to see the biggest autumn festival in Japan. The festival,神嘗祭 meaning God Eat Festval, is held annually in Ise Grand Shrine in the middle of October, this year on 15th and 16th October. But things didn't allow me to go to Ise.snowwhitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04224433823476591538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501712311386792025.post-26889493288044432132010-10-26T00:23:28.607+09:002010-10-26T00:23:28.607+09:00haricot,
I'm afraid the harmonious scenic bea...haricot,<br /><br />I'm afraid the harmonious scenic beauy of Naramachi is in danger. Even though Naramachi, including 45 small towns, was designated as the landscape preservation area in 1994, the local regulations are not strong enoug to protect its beauty. The regulations can't issue the fine nor give punishment to those people who break the regulations. The local government seems to leave many issues to people's morality, efforts and so on.<br /><br />But still people in Naramchi have strong ties and a sense of belonging, and it helps keep tradition and old customs.snowwhitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04224433823476591538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501712311386792025.post-86355968611058090822010-10-25T23:00:34.024+09:002010-10-25T23:00:34.024+09:00So, a big town at the foot of mountains is Kobe? ...So, a big town at the foot of mountains is Kobe? Now that I've learned it, the tall building in the first picture must be Mikage Tower Residence, 47-storey building. My hometown is Mikage, and during GW, <a href="http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/kacyoufugetu3104/25169856.html" rel="nofollow">Mikage Danjiri/Float Festival</a> is held. Danjiris which belong to some shrines of Mikage congregate and make a procession. I hear as many as 30 danjiris gathered to commemorate the 60th governance of Higashinada ward on October 10th this year. Is that the one you saw?stardusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10684501661629146087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501712311386792025.post-47152718785983124402010-10-25T19:42:21.117+09:002010-10-25T19:42:21.117+09:00I see! I've seen many monkey- shaped ones( loo...I see! I've seen many monkey- shaped ones( look like men) as the charms in Nara-machi, but I've never noticed these cones. <br />It is supposed that If the monkeys would touch the cars, it makes us feel too lurid, so people must replaced them by the cones.<br />It is a nice idea. <br /><br />I like Nara- machi, too. It has changed little by little with innovative ideas, but the settled atmosphere has never been shaded.haricothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14052133324297115131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501712311386792025.post-81108090951707180812010-10-25T19:33:12.320+09:002010-10-25T19:33:12.320+09:00Stardust,
Thank you for your information.
I took...Stardust,<br /><br />Thank you for your information.<br /><br />I took these pictures with my cell-phone in Kobe where my son lives on the 8th floor of an apartment. I satyed there for a few days. This area is close to the station and very convenient but surrounded by big and buzy roads. When I saw people holding the protable shrines and pulling the float, I was really very surprised as no paddy fields around the town at all.<br /><br />I hope the children in this town know the reason of the autum festivals like the children in Nara.snowwhitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04224433823476591538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501712311386792025.post-90755117569788124632010-10-25T19:18:05.247+09:002010-10-25T19:18:05.247+09:00haricot,
These pine cones tied to the red cloth c...haricot,<br /><br />These pine cones tied to the red cloth can be seen everywhere in Naramachi. They are hanging from the eaves.<br /><br />As Naramachi is an old and not planed town, the roads are very narrow. The cars are running on the roads almost touching the pine cones.<br /><br />The pine cones let the drivers know the edge of the roads and tell them to drive very carefully.<br /><br />They also serve as the charms against evils.<br /><br />Naramachi is my favorit and I'd like to write about it.snowwhitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04224433823476591538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501712311386792025.post-42425170090304833272010-10-20T20:17:22.765+09:002010-10-20T20:17:22.765+09:00I live in a nice and quiet residential area, but a...I live in a nice and quiet residential area, but about ten minutes' walk takes me to the paddies, fields, and woods. Children in this school district would know the meaning of autumn festivals. Some of them actively participate in a shrine's festival pulling the rope of a floats and making cheerful shouts.<br /><br />Autumn Festivals, other seasonal events, or rituals on our passage of life remind me that shrines are still center of the local community. Making preparations for the festivals and having fun together would tie people to our neighbors.stardusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10684501661629146087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501712311386792025.post-33130921761340992432010-10-18T19:21:47.519+09:002010-10-18T19:21:47.519+09:00In your side bar I can see pine cones which are ti...In your side bar I can see pine cones which are tied to the red cloth.<br /> What implication do they have?haricothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14052133324297115131noreply@blogger.com